Al-Nimr, a central figure in the Arab Spring-inspired protests by Saudi Arabia's Shiite minority, was executed after being convicted of sedition and of other crimes, though he long denied advocating violence.
In 1943, a civilian crewman aboard West Nohno was convicted of sedition for trying to incite a rebellion among members of the ship's crew and Naval Armed Guard.
In its service of successive governments the Civil Guard combatted, as forms of sedition, the organization of labour and republicanism and came to be regarded by the peasantry as an instrument of oppression by the state.
There it is in the group show "Sedition," one of the few displays of political art in a neighborhood once a hotbed of activism.
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 violated freedom of speech and due process.
The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 were passed in response.
From the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 to the Sedition Act of 1918, the Red Scare of the 1950s, the Cointelpro intrigues of the 1960s, the publication of the Pentagon Papers and beyond, press freedoms have often been threatened by the power elites that have ruled America.
A similar situation arose during World War I, when the federal government enacted first the Espionage Act of 1917 and then the Sedition Act of 1918.
Trivedi with sedition, disrespect of a national emblem and violation of the same information technology act.
The Maharashtra government, which charged the cartoonist with sedition, disrespect of a national emblem and violation of India's information technology act, is considering dropping the sedition charge, officials said Wednesday.
